Abstract: A device and method for diverting a portion of oxygenated blood from a lower pressure region, e.g., left atrium or pulmonary vein, and providing it to the aorta, bypassing the left ventricle, operating at least in part, on the Venturi effect. The device includes a first conduit that diverts a portion of blood from the aorta to a parallel flow path. The device includes a second conduit that delivers blood from the lower pressure region to the first conduit. The blood from the lower pressure region in the second conduit is combined with the blood from the aorta in the first conduit and returned to the aorta. The second conduit is coupled to the first conduit at or near a narrow segment of the first conduit. A Venturi effect at or near the narrow segment draws the blood from the lower pressure region into the first and/or second conduit.

Abstract: A method for transferring oxygenated blood from a low pressure chamber to a high pressure chamber includes placing a conduit between the left auricle and the aorta of a patient, attaching a prosthetic valve at the aortic end of the conduit, filling the conduit with oxygenated blood from the left auricle and using the downward systolic force of blood in the aorta to create a Venturi effect in the aorta allowing the oxygenated blood in the conduit to flow from the low pressure chamber into the high pressure chamber.

Abstract: The PARADOXICAL FLOW VALVE provides a device capable of transferring oxygenated blood flow from a low pressure chamber the left auricle (6) to a high pressure chamber the aorta (13) through a valved conduit (9) skipping a damaged left ventricular muscle in a diseased heart (7) with impairment in its impelling force thus bypassing the contractile force of the heart (7) and augmenting the availability of oxygenated blood to the economy.

Abstract: A system for recognizing Acute Myocardial Infarction through a portable device (8) and an implantable pump (13) by the patient himself in order to be able to trigger a signal for delivery of drug after symptoms arise, with the advantages of an early thrombolysis without the help of medical doctors or technicians is described in order to install treatment as soon as possible.

Abstract: A portable device (8) for recognizing Acute Myocardial Infarction by the patient himself without the help of medical doctors or technicians is described. The invention performs a real-time analysis of the ST segment (9) in an ambulatory electrocardiographic measurement environment to help the patient decide by himself that he is suffering an Acute Myocardial Infarct. The device (8) is capable of warning the user that he/she may be suffering a heart attack when the ST segment (9) is found to be depressed or elevated. The CARDIOST features a simple-to-use portable electrocardiographic amplifier (15) and a microcontroller unit (17) to analyze the ST segment (9) on the signal received from the electrocardiographic amplifier (15).